Vehicle-wheel.



B. HOPKINSON.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED H0115, 1910 Patented. July 1, 1913.

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E. HOPKINSON.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED N07.15,1910.

Patented July 1, .1913.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST HoPKmsoNfoF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

J VEHICLE-\VHEEL.

Specification Qt Letters Patent.

Patented July 1,

Application filed November 15, 1910. Serial No. 592.446.

To all whom it may concern.)

Be it known that I, E znusinHorxni'soN,

a citizen of the United States; ands-resident of East Orange, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VehiolelYhoels, of

i which the following is a full; clear, nucleicv act description.

The presentinvent-ionrelates to vehicle wheels and particularly to wheels designed for use in connect-hm with resilient or pneumatic tires for motor vehicles.

In the use of pneumatic tires for motor vehicles the practice at first wasto provide the wheel with a one-piece rim permanently secured to the telly. This rim was provided with circumferential hooks or flanges adapted to engage the edges of the tire slioe.' .In order to place a tire shoe in posit-ion on such a rim or teniove itfor the purpose of repair, ityas'necessury to pry thecdges o1" the shoe over one of the side flanges. Later the rim was made in several parts, one secured to the telly while one or .bOthside flanges were made removable, the construc-.

tion being provided with fsuitu.ble devices for locking tliejreinovab'le parts in position. This form ofrim known to the trade as the quick detachable, or Q. D. Y rim. The latest practice,however, to curry a tirei'eady inflated and mounted on' a suitable rim (\i'hcther one-piece or 5Q. D3) secured on the folly band of the wheel, suitable deric'cs being provided whereby" the tiret-ion. This last-construction is known to the trade as the quick demo'untable."'- It, is to this last type of construction thatimy inve'ir tion 7 particularly applies, I no matter what tial abutment. Anui nber oi 1h; tai -(usually '8) pass through theielly ofth Avheel and carry wedges bearin Eon tihe felly band on, one side and on the other side ibeing prov ided-vrith an-inelined 'face bearing uit-lie ih idersigle of the. tire-carrying rim. llhe construction has a number'cf objections. There are a plurality of fastenings an inuccuri'ying iilil is secured inoperative posh.

niunently' secured t-o the wheelflnnd'provided along one edge or side with a'."-,ci rciimiereiii lightening of the nuts on the bolts forcesitise ,wvedges into clamping position ther b imid 1 I ing the tirecurrying rinrin pos tioir' iT-liissidera-ble time and effort is necessary to op;

crate them. These fastening devices must be carefuily operated each u'littleat a time so that eachone does its share of work. The bolts 311d nuts project beyond the rim and tire and are apt to be broken oft". A space is left between the tire-carryin'g rim and folly band in Which space dirt accumulates.

.More0ver,the multiplicity ol parts are li:i

ble to he lost.

My invention has for its objectto provide an improved construction for the purpose contemplated.

It consists of a telly band provided with a channel; a locking, Wedging or clamping ring of new and peculiar form and method of operation; and a single device permanently secured in position and independent" of the ring, whereby the clamping ring is moved to position to secure the tire-carryiiri rim firmly on the telly band, and by the sumo operation in reverse direct-ion operates to remove opened the \vedging or clamping ring from position.

' It has the following features ofi'inprove ment: The tire-carrying rim is firmly and securely held uniformly throughoutits cntire circumference and the clamping ring itself is-similarly supported by an immow able portion of the telly band. The means by which the tire-carrying rim is supported and firmly held on the folly band consists in the form here SllOWlh'Of zibr-oken ring which is the only loose or detached part when the tire currying rim is removed. The telly band and clamping ring can be inanu' factuied by rolling mill operations without l the necessity of any machine work or great, PIQClSlOIi, nor do they require any particular accuracy of construction in the t1re-carry- 111;; rim. No parts project laterally beyond the edge-of the tirecarrying rim or the tire itself. The clamping ring acts to secure the tire-carrying rim in position by a final coinibined contracting wedging operation and a tilting movcmentfcomiiig to final position in which. it is so supported that little, if any, lateral strainlis transmitted tothe dc 'viees by which it is contracted and ejected. The clumping ring completely fills the space between the channel on the fellyban'd and theside of the tirecerrying rim throughout the entire circumference and presents {i very jAsigh tly appearance. device which i theends of the clamping. i 'gcther is" pcriniincutly' semi-ed in p .g ire drawn tm xiii)? forcing them outward in a radial direction from the center of thewheeh In..its contracting operation it au'tomatically centers the clamping or .wedging ring circumferentially which in turn automatically centers the. tire-carrying rim with respect to the axis of the wheel. hen in'contracted position the. clamping. ring excludes .the ingress of dirt between thetire-carrying rim and the telly band. The clamping and ejecting device. is of great leverage so that the ordinary person can operate it without great exertion. The whole .deviceis cheap and strong and the parts cannot'c'ome'loose, the

contracting device always holding themlocked together.

In the drawings I have shown a device embodying the principles of my invention,

but it will be understood that I do not limit v myself to the 'form shown and described herein.

' In said dra\ ingsz: Figure 1 shows a side view of a wheel provided with. a construction embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in-elfevfatiomon anenlarged scale, of a'portion of a' wheel showing the coup tractingand ejecting'device withthe front portion of the housing remove-d5. certain parts being broken away, and other parts being shown invertical sectionf. Fig. 3 is aview in elevation,on areduced scale, show ing the contractin'gand ejecting devieewith- .the front portionof'the housing" removed and a portion of the felly ban'd broken away. Fig.4 is-a. cross-section. on the line er Fig '2. Fig. '5"is acros's se'ction of-the telly band and contracting and ejecting device; along broken line. of Fig. 2. Figs-56 and 7 are fractional dtaihviewsin crosssection illustratingthe tilting of the clamp ing ring in the operation of being con tracted. z v

Like letters ofreferencer'e'fer to like parts throughout the several views of the draw ings.

Referring the' drawin's inide'tail represents the -tire,fB the tire-carrying. rim,

and C the telly band. The tire carryingrim may be of flany-;form,that herein shown being the .ordinary-onegp-iec clencher Tim.

-D represents thej clarnping 'ring'=and'- E the device for c'ontfractin ',;loekin and ejecting the clamping ring'f F represents the wooden fellw The felly bandj'C is provided on one side with' an inclined flange cfand on the opposite side with a circumferential channel 0C The outer wall of. channel is desi of a worm wheel e 'suitabl nated by c and is incline diwhile the inner wall 0 is'substantially straight. Slots 0 of the contracting and" ejecting device to project: through.

are cut in the bottom of the channel or, 'groove at twp points to permit the hooks The clamping ring D consists of a broken ring having a portion a adaptedto con form to the shape of the channel or groove of the telly band. -This ring is also provided with a circumferential shoulder: d adapted to seat on the periphery ofthe inclined outer edge of the channel or roove of 'the felly bandand has Y its inner Face d curved'so as .toper-mit of easyentrance of -the inner portion or the ring within the channel or groove of the felly band and T when drawn to-contracted osition exert .a.

clamping action to secure-t e tire-carrying rim on the felly. broken. ring the. inner or lower portion tracting and ej'ecting'device. Each of these recesses is soconstructed as to form a hook (I! and a cam surface J.

Adjacenteach end of the thereof is out out'so as to provide recesses which are engaged by the hooks on' the con- The'device E by Whichthe clamping ring i is contracted and ejectedpcomprising alhousing made up of a front. member e anda rearmember 6 secured .in any fmanner, as by screws. These members "of the housing are so shaped as to form asqua're guidewa'ye' in which is located a bolt e, one 'end of I whichis provided with aright-han'd thread I and the-other; end with a left-handthread. At its central portion thi'shbolt is also pro.- vided with a w'orme. Located in the guideway e are two squarenuts 4; each having 'Jan integrally? formed hooke; and one end o fthe bolt e is threaded'throughonefof these nuts and the other endof thisbolt is threaded through the "other nut,. the two nuts when placed in the uideway ,being spaced apart equi distant I portion e. The bolt e is turned by means positioned in the housing in mesh with the Worm e said worm wheel being provided with a square .holee adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped bit. The entire device maybe secured. to the telly or fellyzband in any desired manner, but is here shown asfastened by bolts e pa'ssing throuigh' the fell-y. v v

ev'iceis as follows:

The operation of the I The tire-carrying rim .providedwith its inrom the worm-- fiated tire is placed-on the telly band ridingfon the inclinedflangecf 11' n the' side farther from the 'operator; e hoolgs of the contracting and ejectingdevic'e are in position widest apart. '-..One end of the hooks and .the inner portion of said ring placedwithin the entrance of the groove or .123 clamping ring is engaged with one of said channel of the felly .band substantially as shown in Fig. 6. This will bring the reiao cess of the other end of the clamping ring above or slightly beyond the other hoolfof the clamping and ejecting device, but in the line of travel of said hook. The worm wheel -is turnedby a suitable tool such-as a square headed, crank or bit and brace, thus causing the bolt e toiturn in the roper direction to cause the nuts e to be rawn toward each other. by their thread engagement with said bolt'e. As just stated, one of said hooks has been at the outset directly engaged with the recessv and hook-on the clamping ring. The first result theretore' of ,the operation of the contracting and ejecting device will be to-cause a circumferential movement of the entire ring until it is% centered, which occurs of course when both hooks of the con-.-

, tractin'g and ejecting device are in equal engagement with the recesses an?1 hooks on the ring. The further action of ring in the channel or groove oithe felly band and this simultaneously eifects the tilt ing of the clamping ring from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the ,position' shown in Fig. 7, thus centering the tire-'carryi'rrg rim with respect tothe axis of the wheel, causingthe farther side of said ,rim to ride up and, wedge onthe inclined flange c of the folly band and firmly holding andsupporting the inner side-of the tire-carrying rim j .by a Wedgingfoperation resulting from the combined tilting andlf'contractingmovement between itand-the channel-or groove of'the" felly band, the clampingring coming to seat. onthe periphery of the outer portion as well as the bottom of thechannel or groove-of thefelly band. In this position the tire-carrying, rim is securely held in position against all lateral strains (circumferential movement being positively prevented by the usual inter-engaging lugs on the telly band and the under surface of the tire rim), the space between the tire-carrying rim and the felly band is closed by the ring and the tire'rim is uniformly supported throughoutits enti're circumference.

telly band that it is easily removable byhand. It will be seen that by'this method of operation the ring is contracted or dislodged in the manner requiring the mini mum power, that'is, by a radial movement; or at anyrate, by a combined radial and circumferential movement. v It will be observed that theclampin ring has no permanent connection-with the e contracting and ejecting devicewill be to contract the contracting and ejecting device; and that "ffilwillQ QlLlllOSG'Of permitting the removal gether, in this operationcausing the ends to move circu nfcrentially and also toward the center, these movements rendering, the engagement with the contracting device progressively morefcomplete. In theopposite direction, however, the main function of the contracting device 15 not to expand the ring, not to effect the exactreverse of its,

contracting operation, but to eject or lift the ends of the ring radially out of the channel and from between the tire-carrying rim and the folly-band or channel. This work is comparatively light as compared with effecting a circumferential movement of the entire ring, which would result if the device acted to expand as well as to contract. Whatever expanding elfcct the contracting and ejecting device may have on the ring is incidental to its more important function'of ejecting. By the disassociation or disengagement of the contracting and ejecting device from the clamping ring, and the operation of that device to lift the ends of the ring or eject. them, the clamping ring adhesion has taken place, soflthat the device and the {force by which it was contracted may be totally inadequate to expand it in a plane parallel with the surface with which it is in contact, so that when I use the word eject or the word ejecting l in the claims I mean to import a movement of the ends of the clanniing ring in a direction generally from the. center of the whecl and independently of or to a greater'degrec than obtains at a point dian'ietrically opposite, this movement at thesame time efi'ecting disengagement of the ends of'tl e ring from the contracting and ejecting device What I claim as new is l l. in a wheel adapted for use in con-. nection with a rcsilienttire, the-combination of a tireholding rim, afelly-band pr'ovided with a groove-orchannel along one side, a broken ring located in said groove or channel, means for securing said ring in position comprising a hook adapted to engage the end of the broken ringand act; ing in one direction to contraetithe hrokeii' ring and in the opposite directiog toqdisbn vlddi vith' groove or'ehannel I side; a'broken ring insnidgioove IO LDhi-MeLlacOntracting and a viee; emacti-ng with said broken rmg'cnd. com% prising two members each oirwhich consists 'of a hookengagingthe-ends-of the broken ring, and means for movingvscid: members 16 toward each othen to engage the endsof the broken ring and draw; them 'togethcr," and in the opposite direction for 'disengaging and ejecting orvlifting the ends ofthe broken ring out of the-groove'or chamiel.

20 3x. Innwheel adapted for usein connectime with a resilient tiret-thecombination- -1 a tire-holding rim, or fell y-bond provided.

, wit-h e, groove or channel 'along one side, a

'-'hroken ring, a contracting and ejecting de- 16 vice co-Vacting wit hfisaid broken? ringand .Zcomprisingtwo members each of vvhich con- .sists at a, nut having a hook'extension adapt Qktmc'ngnge the; end of thebroken ring, e

for said contracting?- and ejecting 8Q havin n straight'guideway inwhich the eaeii. provided witha hookextension are-located, and escrow device, thee V thread}; of which -engage'then'utfs of-thecon treating. and ejecting devieeito move them 85 itowird and-away fromeach' other. 1' 41".. In at vehic%wh l adapted for use" in aconncctionwitlk resilient tire; the. combinetion' of at tire-holdinigf rim, a "felly -band provided. with 'a. groove or' cha-nnel' along 7 said ring in position comprising. a-fcon- I trusting: and-ejecting device 'p'rovided with a nnt having a hook XtenSidngrigaging one: end; of said ring, ahousing for said con 45 tractingh nd ejecting device, saidhousing V being-provided with'a, straightguideway inwhich islocated itlie'nut of the contrnctin'g" and ejecting device, and it screw for 'moving; the contrncting and ejectingdevice in opposite directions. v 5; I'n'mjvheel adaptedlio'r use inconnction .withe resilient tire, the combination oi a tire-holding rim, afelly-"bandpro-' vided with ,agroove 01'- channel' l 0 66' side, ,a removable broken -rin'g provided "v'v'ithhooked endsand located .in said groove 7 IchnnneI'fa" contractingnnd ejecting dc :vi ce comprising" two members adapted to engage -the hooked ends of the broken ring,-

0 end means for moving sold meniberstoward the groove or channel.

eech other to en zen-1i drew the ends of the broken ring ioward each other and in the opposite. direction to disengage from and eject the ends of the broken ring from GG'IH 0, ivheel adapted nectien with-a" resilient tire, tlfe combingticn of a tire holdingl rim, a. felly-bandprovided withjagroove or channel alon'gone side, a broken ring provided-with hooked ing. uni. ejecting device comprising two hooks; ada'pted'to engage the hooked ends 01 use in con-- 1 .70 .ends each hnvin'g'a sang sun-fade, a. contract of the broken ring nnd means for drawing the hooks toward each other when engaged with the-hooked ends of the broken ring to contract the same-said means acting in the reverse direction to'vcause the hookltoz cone tu ct. with the cam surface on the broken. ring whereby the end of, the brokeji ring is'lifted or moved ra dial-ly.'

L 7; In a wheel adapted for use in connection withc resilient tire, the combina,

.tion of a' tire-holding 'riin e folly-bend provided with a groove or channetalongQ-oneside, a, broken ring, the ends of which are provided'vvith engaging means, a contract ing and ejecting device consisting of a v housing provided with afstraight guidewny,

twohooks adapted to engage the ends of the hroken ring-'ztnd'each heving a portion tit-H time; insmd'gnidewey, abolt having a worm being; threaded in one direction through one of said hook-send theoth'er end of saidboit. being thread-ed in the bpposite'direction throughthe other' of said hooks? and a,

worm wheeljinsaid houeing engaging the. worm on the bol-t. gonna side, a broken ring, means for securing;

'8, In a. wheel; jot} use in connection with 'a resilienttire' ,..t he combination of a tirefholding rim, 9. felly band provided with a groove or,..channel ai'ongoncside, fa, broken engage and lift or; eject the end of the ring from-the groove or channel:

Signed-this 14th day of November, 1910;

v ERNEST HOPKINSON. I \Vit-nessesf H. RroHAnooWons's,

' Eow. W. VAILL.'

onitsjcentral' portion ojne end of said-bolt ring provided with; hooked ends m1- re- 7 

